diff --git a/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c b/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
index 4ad36f0c5b..408e3d7054 100644
--- a/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
+++ b/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ static uint64_t load_kernel(CPUMIPSState *env)
 
     kernel_size = load_elf(loaderparams.kernel_filename, NULL,
                            cpu_mips_kseg0_to_phys, NULL,
-                           (uint64_t *)&kernel_entry,
-                           (uint64_t *)&kernel_low, (uint64_t *)&kernel_high,
+                           &kernel_entry,
+                           &kernel_low, &kernel_high,
                            NULL, 0, EM_MIPS, 1, 0);
     if (kernel_size < 0) {
         error_report("could not load kernel '%s': %s",